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BATH — The city is reminding owners and occupants of downtown properties that they are required to clear the sidewalks in front of those properties after a snow storm. The ordinance calls for sidewalks to be cleared within four hours of a storm's end Monday through Saturday during th...

PORTLAND — Baxter Boulevard will be closed to motor vehicles Sundays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. beginning May 3 and continuing through Oct. 25. The street will be available for bicyclists and pedestrians from Vannah Avenue to Payson Park.

PORTLAND — St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated Sunday, March 15, by the Irish American Club with a parade on Commercial Street and reception at the Maine Irish Heritage Center. The parade begins at noon at Center and Commercial streets, according to a press release, and is expected ...

SOUTH PORTLAND — In an informal public forum Thursday night that included free pizza, the draft Mill Creek Master Plan was presented to about 15 members of the public who were, in turn, encouraged to be candid with their criticism. The master plan for the area, which extends fro...

PORTLAND — City Democrats and social services leaders came out swinging Friday morning, saying a recent state audit claiming the city mismanages its General Assistance program is part of a “coordinated attack” by Maine’s Republican governor and his administration. S...

TOPSHAM — The Highlands of Topsham, a senior living community that opened 25 years ago, has been sold to a Chicago investment group. John Wasileski, president and founder of Sea Coast Management, the development company for The Highlands and Highland Green, announced the sale to CPF ...

SOUTH PORTLAND — Rigby Yard could become the site of a liquid petroleum gas storage facility to serve Maine and much of southern New England. NGL Supply Terminal Co., a subsidiary of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based NGL Energ...

SCARBOROUGH — As people everywhere continue to use social media as a means for getting information, Town Manager Tom Hall believes the town needs to join the movement in a professional capacity. "It's been a fairly recurring theme, but for one reason or the other we just haven't...